Florida voters fail to approve legalization of recreational marijuana

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : In North Dakota, voters Tuesday were also deciding on recreational marijuana.
50% : Trump, a resident of Palm Beach, Florida, had said he supported that state's Amendment 3, which would allow people 21 and older to purchase, possess and use marijuana for nonmedicinal purposes.
50% : For his campaign against Amendment 3, the governor also garnered support from state hemp companies that may lose customers with the legalization of recreational marijuana.
34% : Trump, in a move at odds with many in his party, has backed the reclassification in a rare point of agreement with Vice President Kamala Harris, his opponent in the presidential race.
28% : A measure to legalize the use of recreational marijuana in Florida failed on Tuesday, a stinging defeat for cannabis industry players who poured more than $100 million into the campaign to make the drug legal amid vocal opposition from Gov. Ron DeSantis.
20% : Supporters of legalization asserted DeSantis's administration was improperly using state agencies and more than $50 million in taxpayer money to campaign against recreational marijuana.

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